A 92 year old widow, Madam Juliana Onuorah, has accused the priests of Our Lady’s Catholic Church, Nkpor of attempts to snatch away her property situated at Our Lady’s Industrial Centre, Nkpor in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State.
Onuorah cried out to the world over alleged threat of her life by the Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha over the property.
She said the reports that her family engineered the attempt to burn down the building housing the resident Reverend Fathers in the church were untrue. The widow also mentioned that the arrest of her workers by police officers was instigated by the church.
Speaking with the reporter, Madam Juliana recalled that the foundation of Our Lady’s Catholic Church Nkpor, was laid by the then Archdiocesan Bishop, Cardinal Francis Arinze in thanksgiving and fulfillment of her promise to God that she will build a befitting Basilica to God if she returned to Nigeria alive from Western Germany where she went for medical treatment.
The woman laments that after building the church inside her estate, the Bishop of Onitsha Archdiocese and the priests of the church were now trying to take away the property from her.
Commenting on the allegation of instigating arsonists to burn down the priests’ house, Onuorah said,
“I built this place because I am in good term with the priests and bishops. How can I instigate my workers to set my property ablaze as the church authority alleged and it is even a taboo to burn a church. I don’t know why the church is fighting me over my property.
“I built the church in fulfillment of my promise to God. I never knew that my magnanimity will turn against me. They arrested all my workers, closed my bakery and chased my only daughter around, pulled down my perimeter fencing and are threatening to also burn me alive here. Let God reward all of us accordingly”.
“Let me state clearly that the church is for worship of God, they should come and worship God and go, but leave my property alone. I am not interested in the proceeds they get from the church. I even give the little I have to support the work of God but what I cannot tolerate is them taking my own sweat and that is why I am calling on the world, the government, activists to hear my cry. I don’t have anything to fight the church and I don’t want anything to happen to my only daughter”.
The widow's daughter, Lady Patricia Onuohah, said there was nothing the church had not done to ensure they take away her mother’s property, and that all that was possible because her father was late.
When contacted on the matter, the Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO) in Anambra State, Mr Emeka Chukwuemeka said he had not been briefed on the matter.
The Spokesperson of the Onitsha Archdiocese, Rev Father Pius Ukoh neither picked his calls nor responded to the text message sent to his mobile phone.
Onuorah cried out to the world over alleged threat of her life by the Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha over the property.
She said the reports that her family engineered the attempt to burn down the building housing the resident Reverend Fathers in the church were untrue. The widow also mentioned that the arrest of her workers by police officers was instigated by the church.
Speaking with the reporter, Madam Juliana recalled that the foundation of Our Lady’s Catholic Church Nkpor, was laid by the then Archdiocesan Bishop, Cardinal Francis Arinze in thanksgiving and fulfillment of her promise to God that she will build a befitting Basilica to God if she returned to Nigeria alive from Western Germany where she went for medical treatment.
The woman laments that after building the church inside her estate, the Bishop of Onitsha Archdiocese and the priests of the church were now trying to take away the property from her.
Commenting on the allegation of instigating arsonists to burn down the priests’ house, Onuorah said,
“I built this place because I am in good term with the priests and bishops. How can I instigate my workers to set my property ablaze as the church authority alleged and it is even a taboo to burn a church. I don’t know why the church is fighting me over my property.
“I built the church in fulfillment of my promise to God. I never knew that my magnanimity will turn against me. They arrested all my workers, closed my bakery and chased my only daughter around, pulled down my perimeter fencing and are threatening to also burn me alive here. Let God reward all of us accordingly”.
“Let me state clearly that the church is for worship of God, they should come and worship God and go, but leave my property alone. I am not interested in the proceeds they get from the church. I even give the little I have to support the work of God but what I cannot tolerate is them taking my own sweat and that is why I am calling on the world, the government, activists to hear my cry. I don’t have anything to fight the church and I don’t want anything to happen to my only daughter”.
The widow's daughter, Lady Patricia Onuohah, said there was nothing the church had not done to ensure they take away her mother’s property, and that all that was possible because her father was late.
When contacted on the matter, the Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO) in Anambra State, Mr Emeka Chukwuemeka said he had not been briefed on the matter.
The Spokesperson of the Onitsha Archdiocese, Rev Father Pius Ukoh neither picked his calls nor responded to the text message sent to his mobile phone.
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